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Tell me not of “failure.” There can be but one failure, and that is the failure to make an end of Slavery; for on this righteous consummation all else depends.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Tell me not of “failure.” There can be but one failure, and that is the failure to make an end of Slavery; for on this…”
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Sumner asserts that the ultimate failure lies in not abolishing slavery, which he views as essential for progress.
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